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When you check one of the watches made by Kevin Bertolero, you'll find tiny magnetic ducks instead of the time.

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Rubber ducky watches that don't tell time clock in TikTok views

1:01pm July 05, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

"How many times do you look at a clock, or look at time, and are happy?" says Kevin Bertolero, the maker of watches that feature tiny rubber duckies instead of numbers.

The strange underground economy of tree poaching

6:30am June 28, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A new book dives deep into the fascinating criminal world of tree theft and efforts to combat it.

Oregon man breaks the record for fastest time alphabetizing alphabet soup

5:48am June 24, 2022

Jacob Chandler successfully arranged letters "A" through "Z" in 2 minutes and 8.6 seconds. Chandler says he was inspired to take on the challenge to show his son that anything is possible.

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A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2019. A yearly competition will begin in August for people to hunt and kill the invasive species.

Want to hunt pythons in Florida this summer? This professional has tips

5:00am June 22, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Despite what the internet may think, this 7-Eleven in Chicago is not selling gas for $7.11.

No, this 7-Eleven isn't charging $7.11 for gas, even if the internet says so

8:20pm June 21, 2022

by Fernando Alfonso III

A viral image of a 7-Eleven charging $7.11 was taken in 2021, and doesn't reflect the current state of gas prices in the U.S.

Orick, California, is the gateway to Redwood National and State Parks.

The tale of a distressed American town on the doorstep of a natural paradise

12:42pm June 21, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

The town of Orick sits just steps away from Redwood National Park. It has prime real estate for recreation and tourism, so why are its motels and restaurants shuttered and its residents impoverished?

National

City of Amarillo, Texas, asks for help identifying U.A.O. — Unknown Amarillo Object

4:27pm June 17, 2022

Is it a human in a costume? Is it a raccoon or a coyote? A mysterious creature was spotted recently outside the Amarillo Zoo in Texas, and the city is asking the public for help identifying it.

A pest removal company will pay you to release cockroaches inside your house

5:52am June 14, 2022

The Pest Informer is offering $2,000 to a homeowner who lets it release a hundred cockroaches inside their house. The company is studying how well some new exterminating methods work.

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Dennis Parada, right, and his son Kem Parada stand at the site of the FBI's dig for Civil War-era gold in September 2018 in Dents Run, Penn. A scientific report commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggested that

National

Treasure hunters allege the FBI made off with Civil War-era gold and covered it up

7:17pm June 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The FBI says it recovered nothing of value at the site in Pennsylvania. But treasure hunters who led agents there think the FBI found tons of gold and cut them out of a finder's fee.

A Colorado town wants to change its name to 'Kush'

7:13am June 10, 2022

The state was a pioneer of legal marijuana and the mayor is in favor of the name change.

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